Aquaculture - An Introductory Text (Stickney Robert R (Texas A&M University USA))(Paperback / softback)

Providing a broad and readable overview of the subject, this updated fourth edition of Aquaculture: An Introductory Text covers issues associated with sustainable aquaculture development, culture systems, hatchery methods, nutrition and feeding of aquaculture species, reproductive strategies, harvesting, and many other topics. While its main focus is on the culture of fish, molluscs and crustaceans for food, the book also covers other forms of aquaculture, such as the production of seaweeds, recreational fish and ornamental species, as well as live foods, such as algae and rotifers that are used to feed larval shrimp and marine fish. Thoroughly updated and revised, this essential textbook now includes:
Increased coverage of open-ocean cage culture and sea lice issues with salmon culture;Coverage of the significant progress made in nutrition, including the
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